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12.59am BST
The new Queensland case is being spoken about in the state’s parliamentary sitting, through ministerial statements.
The truck driver who was reported yesterday was infectious for one day in Queensland – but is counted as a NSW case, as he was tested in NSW.
12.46am BST
In the Senate, Pauline Hanson’s One Nation has lodged amendments to a government treasury bill requiring publicly-listed companies to disclose how much jobkeeper they received.
The problem is, listed companies already do this in their annual reports. So other than consolidating the information in one place, to be published by Asic, the amendments don’t really improve transparency in the scheme.
It does not include hundreds of foreign controlled companies operating in this country that may have put up their hands for jobkeeper, because they’re not listed on the Australian stock market. So everyone should absolutely know what’s happening here.
Senator Hanson and One Nation are permitting foreign controlled companies to get away with taking Australian taxpayers’ money that was given to them by way of jobkeeper. That’s what’s happening—companies such as the Bank of China, Jemena and Wilson. They’re all companies that are Chinese-owned and are not listed on the stock market yet may well have received jobkeeper. I’ll go to some other ones. The big four consultants, with their very secretive partnerships, are not required under this amendment to disclose how much jobkeeper they may or may not have received.
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